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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Making the Connection: The Use of Student Development Theory in First-Year and Transition Programs
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Torres, Vasti; LePeau, Lucy A. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2013
This article focuses on past and present research studies that examined the creation of developmental theories to help understand how students develop while in college. The implications of this manuscript include understanding how the diversity of today's student body influences practice, considering the appropriate knowledge base needed to…
Descriptors: Student Development, Educational Theories, College Freshmen, Transitional Programs
Advancing the Study of a Movement: The Status of Methods and Measures in First-Year Experience and Student Transition Research
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Kinzie, Jillian – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2013
The essay examines the variety of research methods and measures used in the first-year experience and students-in-transition field over the past 25 years. Interrogating the extant research, Kinzie explores whether the methods and analytic processes most commonly employed are adequate to advance our understanding of complex issues in the field. The…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Scholarship, Educational Research, Mixed Methods Research